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Couple of things I might add to the discussion in my interloperness.
1: Helen, you said the Farnsborough show is in 2002 
2: The harrier does not rotate the engine itself, it rotates 4 exhaust nozzles (2 per side) for VSTOL. Another odd harrier fact, it requires several hundred gallons of water be carrier on board for cooling when in Vertical flight.
3: The A-380 has to actually fly before it can change the way people travel.
4: Discovery Wings is one of the best channels ever. Wings of the Red Star is one of my favs.
5: Airshows are cool, though I have not been to one since I was a little kid. I know I went the first year the USAF Thunderbirds flew the F-16 which was 1983.
6: Flying in a Mig29 would be pretty cool....it is was the last non-FlyByWire fighter jet produced in the USSR and has a thrust to weight ratio that makes it able to fly at an insane angle of attack without stalling (I believe it is like 80 degrees).
7: Planes are cool. (should be #1)
MrS
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